The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-19
THE GRAND OLD MAN.
GLADSTONE oN rl1E conRyc3Iox
Makes a Great Ppseeh at Nottipshnn,, and
boldly Csnsures tho Governments
5 Tyranicai Polioy-wants Lnn Irish
5a Parliamo ont-Grsstsd by Cheers.

| 4ospoN, oct. lo.-Mr. GladHt0no Bp0ko
AZ Stockport to-day. lie said that coercion
was directed not sgainnt crlme bht against
the people Of ireland combining to pre-.
serve thoir interests. II such combina.
!l9n showed tendency toward crime the
Liberals would not sivo It tho smalle.t
conntenanco. * IA !, ~ :.
mr.. .dladetone met with an enthusiastic
reception at Manchester this morning,
he aseo made q speech at!Sheflield to-day
in which he said he did not doubt that tho
mlna OF the people was rapidly marshsll.
ing l1eli IN favor Of granting Ireland and
restoring the freedom aud efficiency Of
Parliament, ls!ti773 ~ -, -, =,
Mr; Gladstone said he would tell them
plainly that he was not there to say smooth
thinga. It was deplorable fact that the
ae!tilng OF the great Irish question which
mlsht nave boon settlO last year, had thare
peen disposition to discuss 1t, 1t spirit
OF candor and fairneas, had been again
set es aeide and was stlll pending, itH difficult.
tles aggravated and its prospects, uncer.
tam. de had always told the Conserva-
iVea that tho choice lay between coercion
anu uome Eule. The Conservatives had
tod them that Home Rule was an idle
uIeam, put events had shown /. was not.
A coercion bill had been passed. against
combinations, against tho liberty OF the
press and the right of public meeting and
not against crime. The Irish spectacle
was now grave and nerious one, aud lit
continued 1t would drivs ireland into euch
state that the difficulties Of the Goyern-
ment would become e E!iifE'335
25. ALMOST INsuRMouNTABLE.
30 denied that he proposed Homo Rule
simply ITO advance Liberal intereste. 1t
was doubtful, ho said, whether the Tories
accepted Homo Rule in it's broad princi-
PIES IN the Same way that they accepted
Dis proposals in 1872 and 1888. He want
90 q statutory Parliament in Dublin, sub.
)ect 10 Imperial control; thero was moth.
INK 10 prevent any reasonable man from
agreeing with the Liberals Irish propo.
sals, without reference to this or that par
tlcular or detail. Tho immediate nccessi- +
" OF the day was to watch the way in
Th'ch Ireland was now governed. II the
government persisted in their rash and
iooiiah policy, 1t would naturally lead to (
polliica! decentralization and ronder it in
the hlRhes. degree difficult, even for Eng. +
llshmen and a Parliament truly repre-
sonting. their best and most enlightened
cSI,uclusione, to deal rapidly and benejci-
ally with Ireland. Only one word
could describe tho present system
OF Irish government. It was "iu1-
pestlnence." The events OF tho laat
lew weeks in ireland would not have
1sen tolerated in England. Ho CON +
demned the action Of the authorities at
Mltchellstown. Hs admitted having
used the worda: Remember hIitchells-
town." That affair must and would be
remembered. The country had an &C.
count to settle with the Government in
connection with that affair. The Mitch
ellstown authorities were undoubtedly
wrong. Yet Mr.. Balfour, ir behalf Of I.
the N Government, unequivocally assumed
the responsibility for their acts. The
worst feature Of the Mitchellstown Incl.
cent wac that the action OF the authorities
there had become q model and pattern
ior, the whole OF Ireland. The whole
system OF government in Ireland required
70 be thoroughly reformed, root and
nransh. There had been breakdown in !!
the Government in all essentials. A rad
lcal change was anted, and euch change
an eniranchieed nation only could &C.
complish. Cheers. 4, y s$Sss.5E